20-5-402. Definitions.
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20-5-402 . Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:
(1)"Department" means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201 .
(2)"Governing authority" means the board of trustees of a school district or the administrator of a private school, preschool, or postsecondary school.
(3)"Immunization" means induction of a state of resistance to a disease through administration of an immunizing agent.
(4)"Local health department" means a city, city-county, county, or district health department.
(5)"Local health officer" means a city, city-county, county, or district health officer.
(6)"Postsecondary school" means a community college, a unit of the Montana university system, or a private university or college.
(7)"Preschool" means a place or facility that provides, on a regular basis and as its primary purpose, educational instruction designed for children 5 years of age or younger and that:
(a)serves no child under 5 years of age for more than 3 hours a day; and
(b)serves no child 5 years of age for more than 6 hours a day.
(8)"School" means a place or institution for the teaching of individuals, the curriculum of which is composed of the work of:
(a)any combination of kindergarten through grade 12;
(b)a postsecondary school; or
(c)a preschool.